Stc india 2014_salary_survey_results

2014 Salary Survey

of Indian Technical Communicators

Date of publication: 5th December 2014

Data collected in: October 2014

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STC India 2014 Salary Survey

Data collection, analysis, and report by: Paresh Naik

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Contents

1. Overview .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 About the survey ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

1.2 About statistical measures used in this report ....................................................................................................................................................... 1

1.3 Key results.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1

2. Experience ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2

3. Location ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

4. Age .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

5. Comparison with 2013 STC India survey results ................................................................................................................................................... 8

6. Trend .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

7. Comparison with the salaries of Technical Communicators in the U.S. ........................................................................................................... 10

STC India 2014 Salary Survey 1

1. Overview

1.1 About the survey

STC India chapter conducted a survey of salaries of Technical Communicators working in India. This anonymous survey was open to all Technical Communicators working in India including those who are not the members of STC. The survey was conducted through a web based questionnaire open from 16th to 31st October 2014.

A total of 147 respondents completed the survey.

1.2 About statistical measures used in this report

Base: The total responses in a given category.

Mean: The value computed by averaging the tabulated responses.

10%: Ten percent of the responses were below this value; ninety percent were above this value.

25%: Twenty-five percent of the responses were below this value; seventy-five percent were above this value.

50%: Fifty percent of the responses were below this value; fifty percent were above this value. This is also called the median.

75%: Seventy-five percent of the responses were below this value; twenty-five percent were above this value.

90%: Ninety percent of the responses were below this value; ten percent were above this value.

TrimMean: This value is the mean taken by excluding 10% of data points from the top and bottom tails of a data set. In other words, this is an average of values excluding the extreme cases.

Salary/year of experience: Most of the tables also indicate the measures for salary/year of experience. This parameter is included to compare influence of various factors on the salary on level grounds, i.e. to exclude the effect of experience. If all or most of the survey participants from a specific category have a higher number of years of experience, the average salary in that particular category may be reflected as very high. In such cases, the salary/year of experience parameter will give a more realistic comparison of salaries in related categories.

All the salary figures mentioned in this report are in Indian Rupees unless specifically mentioned otherwise.

1.3 Key results

The survey shows the average salary level of Indian Technical Communicators in 2014 has decreased by 11.9% compared to the same in 2013. In the last 12 years, the average salary level in India has grown 3.4 times.

For the same experience level, National Capital Region is the highest paying area in India followed by Pune.

Comparison of median salaries in India and the U.S. shows that the Indian salary levels are about 22.9% of the U.S. salary levels.

2 STC India 2014 Salary Survey

2. Experience

Experience (Years)

Base Salary (Rs. per annum) Salary/year of experience (Rs. per annum)

Average TrimMea

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0 - 1 10 2,85,900 2,85,900 1,61,500 1,94,000 2,20,000 3,69,500 4,75,000 2,85,900 2,85,900 1,61,500 1,94,000 2,20,000 3,69,500 4,75,000

1 - 2 5 4,37,000 4,37,000 2,16,000 3,00,000 4,10,000 5,75,000 6,74,000 2,71,467 2,71,467 1,64,571 1,71,429 2,89,412 3,13,636 3,79,169

2 - 3 12 3,94,817 3,94,817 2,02,200 3,03,750 4,10,000 4,77,500 5,29,520 1,62,388 1,62,388 93,079 1,13,483 1,49,958 1,94,571 2,51,598

3 - 4 12 5,93,083 5,93,083 3,19,000 4,00,000 5,39,000 7,85,000 8,00,000 1,70,838 1,70,838 89,714 1,17,143 1,64,788 2,02,064 2,28,040

4 - 5 8 6,85,625 6,85,625 6,05,000 6,50,000 6,80,000 7,23,750 7,83,000 1,44,462 1,44,462 1,27,000 1,30,000 1,36,000 1,63,868 1,70,468

5 - 6 8 7,96,250 7,96,250 5,70,000 7,31,250 8,10,000 9,18,750 9,82,500 1,41,483 1,41,483 1,03,150 1,26,471 1,42,391 1,60,699 1,72,381

6 - 7 15 9,04,400 9,04,400 5,64,000 7,75,000 8,50,000 10,52,500 13,24,000 1,40,006 1,40,006 90,759 1,10,714 1,32,468 1,64,099 1,98,486

7 - 8 14 9,20,789 9,20,789 4,77,500 7,10,000 10,50,000 11,93,763 12,37,800 1,23,067 1,23,067 65,229 95,814 1,39,943 1,55,518 1,64,662

8 - 9 10 12,32,650 12,32,650 8,33,000 9,82,375 12,00,000 14,37,500 17,10,000 1,44,312 1,44,312 94,190 1,17,548 1,39,925 1,63,265 1,92,041

9 - 10 16 15,67,500 15,67,500 10,00,000 12,87,500 14,65,000 17,50,000 25,50,000 1,61,790 1,61,790 1,01,724 1,30,403 1,51,435 1,75,000 2,65,946

10 -11 10 19,75,385 19,75,385 10,02,469 13,25,000 19,00,000 24,75,000 31,40,000 1,88,171 1,88,171 96,465 1,27,200 1,86,226 2,25,000 2,99,585

11-13 9 15,59,889 15,59,889 10,68,200 12,00,000 13,50,000 18,00,000 21,80,000 1,29,505 1,29,505 90,483 92,903 1,16,547 1,50,000 1,80,541

13-15 12 22,15,417 22,15,417 9,97,500 16,50,000 20,50,000 27,75,000 30,00,000 1,55,315 1,55,315 69,438 1,17,857 1,44,859 1,90,462 2,06,207

15 and above 6 25,20,626 25,20,626 17,13,877 21,45,816 25,98,000 29,24,000 32,50,000 1,40,149 1,40,149 93,775 1,21,311 1,35,740 1,70,401 1,90,931

* The ranges exclude the upper most limits. If you are looking for a boundary case, you should read the range where the case is lower limit of the range. For example, if you

are looking for the salary level of a Technical Communicator with exactly 2 years of experience, you should refer to the 2-3 range and not the 1-2 range.

Experience


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3. Location

Location Base Salary (Rs. per annum) Salary/year of experience (Rs. per annum)

Average TrimMean 10% 25% 50% 75% 90% Average TrimMean 10% 25% 50% 75% 90%

Bangalore 53 12,14,062 11,81,088 3,02,000 6,60,000 11,00,000 17,00,000 24,20,000 1,54,670 1,50,568 92,989 1,26,316 1,44,000 1,85,714 2,06,058

Chennai 8 8,92,125 8,92,125 6,47,400 7,57,500 9,17,500 10,21,000 11,33,800 1,03,995 1,03,995 70,272 85,134 99,226 1,25,851 1,38,505

Hyderabad 10 10,98,200 10,98,200 7,32,600 8,65,000 11,68,000 13,75,000 14,40,000 1,53,642 1,53,642 1,22,640 1,36,739 1,52,833 1,86,840 2,21,224

Mumbai 6 11,55,633 11,55,633 4,27,500 4,55,700 8,66,400 15,37,500 21,73,000 1,35,864 1,35,864 71,509 95,000 1,27,724 1,53,879 2,08,360

NCR* 9 20,31,667 20,31,667 5,80,000 10,00,000 21,50,000 27,00,000 31,80,000 2,00,713 2,00,713 94,164 1,00,000 2,11,475 2,91,892 3,04,676

Pune 59 9,62,862 9,09,979 2,36,000 4,40,000 7,50,000 12,52,000 18,60,000 1,80,895 1,72,431 98,067 1,24,900 1,61,538 2,00,000 2,90,285

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*NCR: National capital region, includes Delhi, Faridabad, Gurgaon, and Noida

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Pune40%

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4. Age

Age (Years) Base

Salary (Rs. per annum) Salary/year of experience (Rs. per annum)

Average TrimMean 10% 25% 50% 75% 90% Average TrimMean 10% 25% 50% 75% 90%

22-24 7 3,11,286 3,11,286 1,79,200 1,95,000 2,78,000 4,25,500 4,76,600 1,76,512 1,76,512 1,24,304 1,49,958 1,60,000 2,03,143 2,39,771

25-26 11 5,10,982 5,10,982 3,10,000 4,05,000 4,70,000 5,53,900 8,00,000 1,86,889 1,86,889 1,15,200 1,24,586 1,85,714 2,39,500 2,89,412

27-28 12 5,48,500 5,48,500 1,92,000 3,97,500 6,00,000 7,48,750 7,97,500 1,93,677 1,93,677 98,156 1,26,471 1,57,381 1,94,018 4,03,429

29-30 19 8,09,266 8,09,266 4,80,000 6,25,000 8,00,000 10,63,000 12,18,000 1,43,839 1,43,839 85,864 1,05,530 1,33,600 1,62,300 1,95,243

31-33 42 11,60,357 10,97,763 3,27,500 7,00,000 9,50,000 13,86,250 24,90,000 1,80,228 1,68,123 1,00,000 1,16,875 1,60,000 2,02,027 2,91,892

34-37 32 15,73,964 14,92,228 7,45,500 10,82,714 13,00,000 18,00,000 24,90,000 1,62,646 1,59,354 92,946 1,19,137 1,52,778 1,95,946 2,26,586

38 and above 24 16,44,052 16,28,693 3,03,000 9,82,875 17,25,000 22,00,000 29,08,800 1,32,693 1,34,857 43,105 1,16,108 1,36,860 1,76,476 1,97,000

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5. Comparison with 2013 STC India survey results

Grouping Base Mean Median

2013 2014 2013 2014 % Rise 2013 2014 % Rise

Total 164 147 12,99,011 11,45,013 -11.9 11,35,000 9,75,000 -14.1

Experience

0 - 1 3 10 1,82,000 2,85,900 57.1 1,80,000 2,20,000 22.2

1 - 2 2 5 2,16,000 4,37,000 102.3 2,16,000 4,10,000 89.8

2 - 3 12 12 5,10,375 3,94,817 -22.6 5,10,000 4,10,000 -19.6

3 - 4 9 12 5,12,222 5,93,083 15.8 5,00,000 5,39,000 7.8

4 - 5 10 8 6,40,770 6,85,625 7.0 6,25,000 6,80,000 8.8

5 - 6 14 8 8,57,357 7,96,250 -7.1 8,68,000 8,10,000 -6.7

6 - 7 14 15 10,15,857 9,04,400 -11.0 9,60,000 8,50,000 -11.5

7 - 8 18 14 10,87,664 9,20,789 -15.3 11,00,000 10,50,000 -4.5

8 - 9 11 10 13,64,709 12,32,650 -9.7 13,51,800 12,00,000 -11.2

9 - 10 14 16 12,05,714 15,67,500 30.0 12,00,000 14,65,000 22.1

10 -11 12 10 13,43,655 19,75,385 47.0 12,75,000 19,00,000 49.0

11-13 14 9 18,01,682 15,59,889 -13.4 16,80,500 13,50,000 -19.7

13-15 16 12 23,67,219 22,15,417 -6.4 21,52,500 20,50,000 -4.8

15 and above 15 6 25,33,333 25,20,626 -0.5 24,00,000 25,98,000 8.3

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Bangalore 58 53 1513241 12,14,062 -19.8 13,00,000 11,00,000 -15.4

Chennai 8 8 981875 8,92,125 -9.1 10,32,500 9,17,500 -11.1

Hyderabad 17 10 1184647 10,98,200 -7.3 11,00,000 11,68,000 6.2

Mumbai 5 6 1294000 11,55,633 -10.7 8,00,000 8,66,400 8.3

NCR 16 9 1352031 20,31,667 50.3 1300000 21,50,000 65.4

Pune 54 59 1187081 9,62,862 -18.9 10,18,750 7,50,000 -26.4

Other 6 2 845166.7 NA 7,30,000 NA

Age

22-24 1 7 216000 3,11,286 44.1 2,16,000 2,78,000 28.7

25-26 10 11 537670 5,10,982 -5.0 6,00,000 4,70,000 -21.7

27-28 11 12 648363.6 5,48,500 -15.4 6,20,000 6,00,000 -3.2

29-30 22 19 808363.6 8,09,266 0.1 840000 8,00,000 -4.8

31-33 46 42 1120709 11,60,357 3.5 1175000 9,50,000 -19.1

34-37 35 32 1689771 15,73,964 -6.9 1340000 13,00,000 -3.0

38 and above 39 24 1841911 16,44,052 -10.7 1800000 17,25,000 -4.2


6. Trend

Year Median Salary in INR

Median Salary in USD ($1=Rs.62.5)

2002 2,85,000 $4,609

2003 3,10,000 $5,014

2004

2005 3,65,627 $5,913

2006

2007 6,05,000 $9,785

2008 6,00,000 $9,704

2009 6,00,000 $9,704

2010 7,80,000 $12,615

2011 7,90,000 $12,777

2012 9,50,000 $15,365

2013 11,35,000 $18,357

2014 9,75,000 $15,769

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7. Comparison with the salaries of Technical Communicators in the U.S.

Year

Median salaries in India (USD)

Median salaries in US as reported by STC US (USD)

Median salaries in US as reported by US Dept. of Labor (USD)

2000 52,000 47,790

2001 57,500 49,370

2002 4,609 58,000 50,580

2003 5,014 60,240 51,590

2004 63,000 53,490

2005 5,913 65,000 55,160

2006 58,050

2007 9,785 60,390

2008 9,704 61,620

2009 9,704 62,730

2010 12,615 63,280

2011 12,777 64,610

2012 15,365 65,500

2013 18,357 67,900

2014 15,769

*1 USD=61.83 INR

While comparing salaries in different geographies, you may want to consider other related factors such as cost of living, purchasing power parity, and so on.

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